Shloka 8

Omens and Consolation after Loss; Reaffirmation of the Saindhava Punishment Vow (उत्पात-दर्शनम्, आश्वासन-वाक्यानि, प्रतिज्ञा-स्थैर्यम्)

Devanagari script

त्वया हरक्ता गमिष्यामि धेनुकाश्रममुत्तमम्‌ | तत्र तप्स्थे तपस्तीव्रं तवैवाराधने रता,आपकी आज्ञा लेकर मैं उत्तम धेनुकाश्रमको चली जाऊँगी और वहाँ आपकी ही आराधनामें तत्पर रहकर कठोर तपस्या करूँगी

Transliteration

tvayā hṛtā gamiṣyāmi dhenukāśramam uttamam | tatra tapṣṭhe tapas tīvraṁ tavaivārādhane ratā ||

Translation

«ໂດຍໄດ້ຮັບພຣະອະນຸຍາດຈາກພຣະອົງ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະເດີນທາງໄປຫາ ທະເນຸກາສຣາມ (Dhenukāśrama) ອັນປະເສີດ. ທີ່ນັ້ນ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະປະຕິບັດຕະປັດຢ່າງເຂັ້ມງວດ ໂດຍອຸທິດໃຈບູຊາພຣະອົງແຕ່ພຣະອົງດຽວ—ມຸ່ງຫາວິໄນພາຍໃນ ແລະ ຄວາມສັດຊື່ ບໍ່ແມ່ນຜົນປະໂຫຍດໂລກີ»។

Word by Word

त्वयाby you / with you

हृताज्ञाhaving obtained permission (lit. having taken the command)

गमिष्यामिI shall go

धेनुकाश्रमम्to the Dhenukā-āśrama (hermitage)

उत्तमम्excellent / best

तत्रthere

तप्स्येI shall perform austerity

तपःausterity

तीव्रम्severe / intense

तवof you / your

एवindeed / only

आराधनेin worship / in propitiation

रताdevoted / engaged

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Dhenukāśrama

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined devotion: taking leave respectfully and pursuing intense tapas with single-minded worship, presenting spiritual effort and fidelity of intention as a dharmic ideal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker declares an intention to go to the hermitage called Dhenukāśrama and perform severe austerities there, remaining absorbed in the worship of the addressed person, after obtaining their permission.